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The oncogenic potential of hepatitis C virus NS5A sequence variants is associated with PKR regulation.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Mar 2005
Giménez-Barcons Mireia, Wang Chunfu, Chen Ming, Sánchez-Tapias José-María, Sáiz Juan-Carlos, Gale Michael
Abstract excerpt
The NS5A protein of hepatitis C virus (HCV) confers cell growth regulation and has been implicated in viral oncogenesis. Here, we investigated whether highly divergent NS5A proteins obtained from HCV-infected patients presented an oncogenic potential when expressed in mammalian cells. In general, NS5A expression was associated with increased rates of cell growth and culture proliferation. Immortalized primary...
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